The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 4, 2023

Garment Pin

c. 1400 BC

possibly Hungary, Bronze Age, c. 2500-800 BC

Cast and wrought bronze

Overall: 41.3 x 2 cm (16 1/4 x 13/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1992.65

Location

106A Migration Period & Coptic

Fun Fact

This metal pin was used to fasten clothing.

Provenance
(Michael Ward, New York).
Citations
Kozloff, Arielle P. "Ancient East-European Bronzes." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 4 (1993): 122-26. Reproduced: p. 125; Mentioned: p. 122-26 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.65